International Day Against DRM is Wednesday, May 6th 2015

Details for 2015's day coming soon. In the mean time, this page from last year is up for you to check out. If you are interested in collaborating with Defective by Design for the this year's day, we'd love to have you on board! Send an email to campaigns@fsf.org. There's lots of room to get creative: host a flyering event, write a blog post, make art, organize a sale on DRM-free media, or do something else we haven't thought of yet!

2014 Page Below

On Tuesday, May 6th, 2014, the world came together to say no to Digital Restrictions Management. You can read about the Day's success in our follow-up post.

During the last year, we've seen Digital Restrictions Management creep farther into the world of technology (including coffee makers and cars), even as we build a stronger and stronger community to fight it. A growing number of people are living within a box constrained by DRM without even knowing it. The future is DRM in everything, if we don't do something.

Actions Against DRM

Whatever you do, you can amplify the impact by letting your friends know! Use the hashtag #DayAgainstDRM on social media.

Community Actions

Attend an event in your area. See the current list of events on the LibrePlanet wiki.

Expose the truth about DRM to an online or in-person community that you are part of, or just talk to a curious friend about DRM. Make use of our DRM FAQ and ebook DRM flyer and get in touch with us at info@defectivebydesign.org if you know a group Defective by Design should connect with.

Social media cover photos

Want more sizes and shapes? Use the SVG sources to make your own (please email them to us so we can add them to this site), or let us know.

Planning an event

Organize your own event in your community and add it to the list. It's good to add it as soon as you have a date and contact info, even if you're still working out the details or the event is tentative. Here are some ideas for events:

Host a DRM-free music/movies/games party. Challenge yourself to make it so that none of the media at the event has DRM. If possible, host a concert by a band that releases DRM-free music. You can refer to our Guide to DRM-free living

Hold signs or hand out copies of DRM-free media and flyers about the issues with DRM (FOSS Bangladesh did this in 2013). You can refer to our DRM FAQ

Host a house party/discussion group

Protest a local store that sells DRM-encumbered products (community members did this in Seattle in 2013)

Write a letter to the editor of a publication

Speak to a local group or get on a radio/TV show (multiple groups did this in 2011)

The DbD campaign would be glad send a message advertising your event to supporters in your area. Just email the exact text of the message to info@defectivebydesign.org. Make sure to include the what, where, and when, along with your contact info for potential attendees. The DRM Elimination Crew discussion list (separate from the International Day Against DRM announcements list) is great for sharing ideas for events and getting feedback. And feel free to contact us directly at info@defectivebydesign.org with questions. We want to make event planning as easy as possible for you.